Author Matt Wilson is co-founder of Under30CEO, challenging people to defy the 9-5, stop doing stuff you hate and get innovative. Wilson graduated from Bryant University with a clear goal of starting his own business and while there, led Bryant University to becoming the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization of the year and became National Student Leader of the Year.

Rat Race–as defined by Wikipedia:

A rat race is a term used for an endless, self-defeating or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape whilst running around a maze or in a wheel…

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http://Under30CEO.com Jared O'Toole

#5 – Lunch breaks – I always hated having to wait for a specific time to go eat!#50 – 9-5 – Not my most productive hours by far! More like 12-12#65 – its so true that most people simply get raises and then just leverage that more. Never ending cycle.#74 – It's such a weird fact of life. Everyone knows they can do anything they put their mind to. Yet they don't!!!

Great post!!!

Colleen

This post brings up some (lots!) of things that need to be fixed in the working world… but I think I'm missing the message/point of the post: Inspiration for a glass 1/2 empty pity party, just-to-brag, or entrepreneurship ad?

There's something to learn from all three… and it certainly seems to be all three. I think it's a successful post because I certainly react to it. I've personally never felt more than a few of these on a day-to-day basis (max– and I work in very hierarchical nonprofit environments) and certainly haven't felt this much hostility toward any work environment. If anything, I hope this post makes people who suffer from more than ten of these items (without feeling equal or greater benefits) reconsider working in that environment and switch to a better job that respects their worth– or that allows them to respect their own worth. If that's leaving and starting their own company, that's really great!

But I also want to point out that networking, patience, teamwork, and group leadership are important lessons that can be learned in work environments– and that's only a few. Most of the item on this list are subjective or indicate a lack of ambition or self-worth on the part of the employee… which I'll admit doesn't make them less valid complaints; I just wanted to make note of it.

Hi Colleen, thanks for your open and honest thoughts. The point of this post and in fact the mission of Under30CEO as a company is to make people feel uncomfortable enough to make a change in their lives. We look to target people's emotions and stir up feelings that make people think. I'm glad we did this for you.

It's not really about right or wrong, it's about whatever makes people happy on a daily basis. U30 is looking to develop young business people in all facets of life–whether they just landed that corporate job or are striking out on their own. We are however very biased as entrepreneurs ourselves that making your own path is far more fulfilling than following one that has been set out for you.

Wherever you are in your professional career make sure you are learning, b/c that's the only way to accelerate the pace at which you succeed!

http://voyagner.com/ Dan

I hate that you actually end up paying a fair bit of money in the end for the displeasure of working for someone else.

http://under30ceo.com MattWilsontv

Hi Colleen, thanks for your open and honest thoughts. The point of this post and in fact the mission of Under30CEO as a company is to make people feel uncomfortable enough to make a change in their lives. We look to target people's emotions and stir up feelings that make people think. I'm glad we did this for you.

It's not really about right or wrong, it's about whatever makes people happy on a daily basis. U30 is looking to develop young business people in all facets of life–whether they just landed that corporate job or are striking out on their own. We are however very biased as entrepreneurs ourselves that making your own path is far more fulfilling than following one that has been set out for you.

Wherever you are in your professional career make sure you are learning, b/c that's the only way to accelerate the pace at which you succeed!

http://voyagner.com/ Dan

I hate that you actually end up paying a fair bit of money in the end for the displeasure of working for someone else.

makin

IF THIS DON'T MAKE ME GET OFF MY ASS… I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL!AND I WONDER WHY I'M GAINING WEIGHT! CAUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING BEHIND A DESK FOR TO LONG, SINGING THE SAME SONG, IT'S CALLED “IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP YOU WITH” UGH

http://Under30CEO.com Jared O'Toole

haha well i hope it does!

http://under30ceo.com MattWilsontv

Go get 'em! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you– matt @under30ceo.com

http://under30ceo.com MattWilsontv

and making someone else wealthy instead of yourself!

http://under30ceo.com MattWilsontv

Go get 'em! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you– matt @under30ceo.com

http://under30ceo.com MattWilsontv

and making someone else wealthy instead of yourself!

Skg

This is why everyone should be their own boss. I wish more people would be self employed land owners instead of employee renters, aka slaves.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HDPTH3SY6NSSQR4FTOWPV5ACFI I Love Nihon!

OMG! It appears that I wrote this myself! That is why I am going to medical school next year, travel, and start my own business! I am sick of this cubicle, it’s like a slow death. I cannot stand it!!! I hate it when people say “Oh, I wish I had your job” or “What do you do?”. I am young, no kids, not married, why waste my life like this????